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TESSELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tessella mean?
• TESSELLA (noun)
The noun TESSELLA has 1 sense:
1. a small tessera
Familiarity information: TESSELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small tessera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tessella" is a kind of...):
tessera (a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics)
Derivation:
tessellate (tile with tesserae)
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